wandering around
I've had an LJ account since 2003, I think. I've just always used it now and then, though, mostly to read group stuff. I added stuff here a few months ago, but didn't know what else I might do with it. Now that Vox is gone, I like my TypePad account well enough, though of course it's not the same. I found lots of neat things to do there this morning. But I also archived things at WordPress, where I already had an account for a couple of reasons. I did that because so many people were wringing their hands at the idea of doing the recommended transfer to TypePad and I wanted to see what they were so thrilled by there.
I seriously really hate Wordpress in a really serious way. It's so awful to use, I'm confused by how awful it is. And the other Vox refugees don't even think so. Also confusing. Okay, I don't hate it at all. That would be silly and a waste of even more energy, right? It is awful to use, though, and I'm sad about how it's separated me from people who-like-it?
I was going to post writing practices there just to keep my hand in with the neighborhood because, we can speak honestly here, some of them simply won't read my blog anymore because it's hosted by people they're mad at. Whatever. I will reach out to stay connected. But it's such a pain to use, did I mention that? It is the Big Lots of blogging; you can't just go there looking to do something specific. You have to serendipitously find a band t-shirt while you're browsing the unusual brands of apricot jam and decorative clocks. The front page is neat, though.
This place? Plain, not very engaging, and people are leaving it in droves. Some of the same people who are mad at Six Apart, and others. But it's certainly easy to use, and generally very stable. So it might be a better place to post writing exercises, since if I just put them at TypePad (Vox users got a Pro account for free, with only a couple of differences, so I could do a whole separate blog, and pages for it, all connected to my main account,) I mean, I'd still want somebody or other to read them, right? And about eight of my, apparently, dearest friends are all who are reading my blog now. (I love you, eight loyal friends.) So, I dunno. I don't need an audience, but on the other hand, one doesn't like to just be shut out for riding a different bus to school. If I put them here, I'd be less sad if no one read them. (If anyone is actually reading this, and understands what I mean, please explain it to me.)
I read updates here fairly regularly but don't comment. Is that bad? I could start; it just tends to all feel really personal. It's like in that forum. I want to say, yay, aw, ah, ooh, oh. But feel awkward and cliche, so I don't say anything at all...and since I sometimes say things there which are very important to me but get absolutely no response, I'm not sure if anyone cares if I do or wants me to, you know?
My life's not a dream at all. I just mostly only share the good parts. My pains don't have a written vocabulary. And I'm not very tough or confident or outgoing or anything other than basically self-aware and able to live in the here and now most of the time. Time is not a rigid construct, anyway.
I seriously really hate Wordpress in a really serious way. It's so awful to use, I'm confused by how awful it is. And the other Vox refugees don't even think so. Also confusing. Okay, I don't hate it at all. That would be silly and a waste of even more energy, right? It is awful to use, though, and I'm sad about how it's separated me from people who-like-it?
I was going to post writing practices there just to keep my hand in with the neighborhood because, we can speak honestly here, some of them simply won't read my blog anymore because it's hosted by people they're mad at. Whatever. I will reach out to stay connected. But it's such a pain to use, did I mention that? It is the Big Lots of blogging; you can't just go there looking to do something specific. You have to serendipitously find a band t-shirt while you're browsing the unusual brands of apricot jam and decorative clocks. The front page is neat, though.
This place? Plain, not very engaging, and people are leaving it in droves. Some of the same people who are mad at Six Apart, and others. But it's certainly easy to use, and generally very stable. So it might be a better place to post writing exercises, since if I just put them at TypePad (Vox users got a Pro account for free, with only a couple of differences, so I could do a whole separate blog, and pages for it, all connected to my main account,) I mean, I'd still want somebody or other to read them, right? And about eight of my, apparently, dearest friends are all who are reading my blog now. (I love you, eight loyal friends.) So, I dunno. I don't need an audience, but on the other hand, one doesn't like to just be shut out for riding a different bus to school. If I put them here, I'd be less sad if no one read them. (If anyone is actually reading this, and understands what I mean, please explain it to me.)
I read updates here fairly regularly but don't comment. Is that bad? I could start; it just tends to all feel really personal. It's like in that forum. I want to say, yay, aw, ah, ooh, oh. But feel awkward and cliche, so I don't say anything at all...and since I sometimes say things there which are very important to me but get absolutely no response, I'm not sure if anyone cares if I do or wants me to, you know?
My life's not a dream at all. I just mostly only share the good parts. My pains don't have a written vocabulary. And I'm not very tough or confident or outgoing or anything other than basically self-aware and able to live in the here and now most of the time. Time is not a rigid construct, anyway.